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Checklist for Suborder Nematocera Latreille, 1825 (Long-horned flies)
and region Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
458
5336
18787
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
455
5331
18781
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
433
5239
18576
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
291
4213
16123
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
80
888
4611
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns
17
194
1583
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Papua New Guinea
17 Families width 1583 Species and 32 Subspecies
Bibionidae Fleming, 1821Bibionid flies13SpeciesTaxom
Blephariceridae Loew, 1861Mountain midges1SpeciesTaxom
Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834Forest Midges9SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopogonidae Newman, 1834Biting midge309SpeciesTaxom
Chaoboridae Newman, 1834Phantom midge3SpeciesTaxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842Chironomids28SpeciesTaxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818Mosquito279SpeciesTaxom
Cylindrotomidae (Mulsant, 1842)Cylindrotomid Crane Flies3SpeciesTaxom
Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856Fungus gnats2SpeciesTaxom
Limoniidae (Speiser, 1909)Craneflies69SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834Fungus Gnat115SpeciesTaxom
Psychodidae Newman, 1834Drain flies264SpeciesTaxom
Rangomaramidae Jaschhof & D..., 20021SpeciesTaxom
Scatopsidae Newman, 1834Dung midges2SpeciesTaxom
Sciaridae Billberg, 1820Black fungus gnats1SpeciesTaxom
Simuliidae Newman, 1834Black flies7SpeciesTaxom
Tipulidae Latreille, 1802Crane Flies477SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Nematocera with occurrences in Papua New Guinea
InfraorderBibionomorpha
Hennig, 1954
Gall Midges, Gnats, March Flies
6
46
141
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderBlephariceromorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

InfraorderCulicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges
5
73
626
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderPsychodomorpha
Chevrolat, 1880
2
26
266
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderTipulomorpha
Gistel, 1848
Crane Flies
3
48
549
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Nematocera (Latreille 1825)
Nematocera (Latreille 1825)


Links, sources and further information
Nematocera at artfakta.se
Nematocera at dyntaxa.se
Nematocera at gbif.org
Nematocera at irmng.org
Nematocera at itis.gov
Nematocera at marinespecies.org